Hi All, Kernel 2.6.35 now supports RT2860 RT2870 RT2872 RT2883 RT3070 RT3071 RT3090 RT3390 RT3572
The device will be wlan0 instead of ra0
I just downloaded http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.35.3.tar.bz2 and built it and booted it. It found my Ralink 2860 based mini-pci and all is super-well.
You will need to modify your /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant and replace ra0 with wlan0
Once you do that, you will need to System->Administration->Network and activate wlan0, and save it.
That should create the ifcfg-wlan0 file in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and should also create hard links to it in /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices and in /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default (unless of course these links are no longer needed). If you had set up your wifi with a fixed ip address, you will need to set that up too. Once done, then
sudo ifup wlan0
and you are up and running.
I have so far discovered that these rtx00 drivers are driving the card much much better than ralinktech's own driver. For example, the signal to noise ratio is increased by a factor of 10!!! No kidding!!! Factor of 10! i.e. signal strength went from around 5 or 6 to 60!!!
Enjoy.
JD,
Does it work in Wireless N mode ?
Thanks.
On 08/25/2010 06:11 AM, JD wrote:
Hi All, Kernel 2.6.35 now supports RT2860 RT2870 RT2872 RT2883 RT3070 RT3071 RT3090 RT3390 RT3572
The device will be wlan0 instead of ra0
I just downloaded http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.35.3.tar.bz2 and built it and booted it. It found my Ralink 2860 based mini-pci and all is super-well.
You will need to modify your /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant and replace ra0 with wlan0
Once you do that, you will need to System->Administration->Network and activate wlan0, and save it.
That should create the ifcfg-wlan0 file in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and should also create hard links to it in /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices and in /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default (unless of course these links are no longer needed). If you had set up your wifi with a fixed ip address, you will need to set that up too. Once done, then
sudo ifup wlan0
and you are up and running.
I have so far discovered that these rtx00 drivers are driving the card much much better than ralinktech's own driver. For example, the signal to noise ratio is increased by a factor of 10!!! No kidding!!! Factor of 10! i.e. signal strength went from around 5 or 6 to 60!!!
Enjoy.
On 09/06/2010 04:00 PM, agraham wrote:
JD,
Does it work in Wireless N mode ?
Thanks.
On 08/25/2010 06:11 AM, JD wrote:
Hi All,Kernel 2.6.35 now supports RT2860 RT2870 RT2872 RT2883 RT3070 RT3071 RT3090 RT3390 RT3572
The device will be wlan0 instead of ra0
I just downloaded http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.35.3.tar.bz2 and built it and booted it. It found my Ralink 2860 based mini-pci and all is super-well.
You will need to modify your /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant and replace ra0 with wlan0
Once you do that, you will need to System->Administration->Network and activate wlan0, and save it.
That should create the ifcfg-wlan0 file in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and should also create hard links to it in /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices and in /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default (unless of course these links are no longer needed). If you had set up your wifi with a fixed ip address, you will need to set that up too. Once done, then
sudo ifup wlan0
and you are up and running.
I have so far discovered that these rtx00 drivers are driving the card much much better than ralinktech's own driver. For example, the signal to noise ratio is increased by a factor of 10!!! No kidding!!! Factor of 10! i.e. signal strength went from around 5 or 6 to 60!!!
Enjoy
Well, I do not have a draft N router. However, on Fedora (and perhaps on all Linuxes) I have not seen any util that will put the wifi card in mode G or N or A. I check iwconfig, and I did not see anything relevant to draft N. I looked at wpa_suppicant, and did not find anything there either. I think it is automatic. So, if your access point (router) is draft N, the card itself will detect draft N protocol, and connect in that mode. So, I do not believe it is a driver issue, but I could be wrong. if you have rt2860 based wifi, all you have to do is try latest stable vanilla kernel from http://www.kernel.org/. You have nothing to lose except a little bit of time.
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agraham -
JD